Thursday, January 1, 2026
HALLANDALE BEACH - C2 Racing Stable, La Milagrosa Stable and Gary Barber’s White Abarrio, who captured the 2025 Pegasus World Cup Invitational, is prominent among the list of invitees for the 10th running of the $3 million stakes scheduled for Jan. 24 at Gulfstream Park.
The Pegasus World Cup Invitational, a 1 1/8-mile stakes for 4-year-olds and up, will headline a program with 10 stakes, seven graded, including the $1 million, Gr. I Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational and the $500,000, Gr. II Pegasus World Cup Filly & Mare Turf Invitational.
Saffie Joseph Jr.-trained White Abarrio, the winner of the $1 million Curlin Florida Derby at Gulfstream in 2022 and the 2023 Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita, rolled to a 6 ¼-length victory in the 2025 Pegasus World Cup. The son of Race Day, who has earned $7.1 million, has not raced since finishing fourth in the Jockey Club Gold Cup at Saratoga on Aug. 31.
Joseph-trained Skippylongstocking, who captured the Gr. III Harlan’s Holiday on Dec. 20, is also on the Pegasus World Cup invitation list. Daniel Alonso’s son of Exaggerator has earned $3.775 million in purses.
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert is represented on the invitation list by Goal Oriented, who won Sunday’s Gr. I Malibu at Santa Anita. The son of Not This Time is owned by SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Stonestreet Stables and partners.
Baffert has saddled an unprecedented three winners of the Pegasus World Cup. The Hall of Fame trainer visited the Gulfstream Park winner’s circle with Juddmonte’s Arrogate, who won the inaugural 2017 running by 4 ¾ lengths; HRH Prince Faisal bin Khaled’s Mucho Gusto, who scored by 4 ½ lengths in 2020; and SF Racing and partners’ National Treasure, who held on win by a neck in 2024.
Trainer Brad Cox, who saddled Knicks Go for a 2 ¼-length front-running victory in the 2021 Pegasus World Cup, is represented by Tappan Street, Disco Time and Bishops Bay on the invitation list for the 2026 renewal.
WinStar Farm, CHC Inc., Cold Press Racing and Qatar Racing’s Tappan Street captured the $1 million Curlin Florida Derby last March at Gulfstream. The son of Into Mischief, who had been sidelined since his Florida Derby triumph, returned with an optional claiming allowance victory at Gulfstream Dec. 19.
Disco Time, a Juddmonte homebred son of Not This Time, is undefeated in five career starts, including the Gr. III Lecomte at Fair Grounds last January. Sidelined following the Lecomte for eight months, Disco Time came back to win the St. Louis Derby at Fairmont Park and the Dwyer at Aqueduct.
KAS Stables’ Bishops Bay, a son of Uncle Mo who has won nine of 13 career starts, is coming off victories in the Gr. III Forty Niner (G3) and the Gr. II Cigar Mile at Aqueduct.
Hall of Fame Trainer Todd Pletcher, who saddled Life Is Good for a 3 ¼-length triumph over a defending Knicks Go in the 2022 Pegasus World Cup, is represented on the 2026 Pegasus World Cup invitation list by St. Elias Stable’s Captain Cook. The son of Practical Joke is coming off back-to-back runner-up finishes in the Gr. I H. Allen Jerkens Memorial at Saratoga and the Gr. III Perryville at Keeneland.
Sharif Mohammad Alhariri and Lucky Seven Stable’s Rattle N Roll, a Gr. I stakes-winner with $3.6 million in earnings, is invited to seek his eighth graded stakes victory in the Pegasus World Cup. The battle-tested son of Connect is trained by Kenny McPeek.
Terry L. Stephen’s Chunk of Gold, a 2025 Kentucky Derby starter coming off a close-up third in the Gr. II Clark at Churchill Downs, represents trainer Ethan West on the 2026 Pegasus World Cup invitational list. The son of Preservationist earned his way into the Kentucky Derby with runner-up finishes in the Gr. II Risen Star and Gr. II Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds. Chunk of Gold captured the Gr. III West Virginia Derby at Mountaineer Park in August.
Godolphin’s Poster, who came up a head short after a stretch-long battle with Skippylongstocking in the Harlan’s Holiday, represents Eoin Harty on the Pegasus World Cup invitation list. The son of Munnings captured the Gr. II Remsen at the 1 1/8-mile distance to complete a 2-year-old campaign. He was knocked off the 2004 Kentucky Derby trail by injury but came back strong from an eight-month layoff to win a Churchill Downs allowance prior to turning in a sharp performance in the Harlan’s Holiday.
Hronis Racing’s Full Serrano, the 2024 Breeders’ Cup Mile winner at Del Mar, is also prominent on the list of invitees for the Pegasus World Cup. The John Sadler-trained gelding is coming off a fifth-place finish in the 2025 Breeders’ Cup Mile following a very rough trip.
Set-Hut’s Touchuponastar, a graded stakes-winner with $1.6 million in earnings, is invited to seek his 20th career victory in the Pegasus World Cup. Set-Hut LLC is co-owned and managed by former NFL quarterback Jake Delhomme, whose brother, Jeff, trains the Louisiana-bred gelding.
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